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Prabowo Subianto works the ground for next run at Indonesian presidency
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A survey in January showed that Mr Prabowo Subianto was popular among millennial respondents.
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JAKARTA - Despite losing his battle in two presidential elections, Gerindra party chief Prabowo Subianto seeks to run for Indonesia's top job again in 2024, even as he will face new and younger rivals who are strong contenders.
In what observers view as a step to work the ground early, the 70-year-old retired army general, who is now defence minister, recently visited a number of Islamic boarding schools across Java. He met influential clerics, particularly those leaning to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisation, and key figures such as East Java governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa, who is also NU's notable female leader.
